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theambler

17th December 2011, 19:19
HERES SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
ORIGINAL, AMUSING, TOPICAL, EASY and
REWARDING
A. Solve the clues below to discover strings of letters
(Some strings shorter than others!!)
B. Stack the strings in a dendronic pile
C. Tidy it to make it symmetrical
D. Colour in pretty shades the 6 vowels
E. Switch on!!!!!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS

1. The source of Kublas river
2. Buzzer? Look at the Scottish river say
3. Eastern fisticuffs but no time
4. John Knox? Bitter fruit? No pips
5. Order of preachers with question, Grooves of a Sort?
6. Violets whereabouts unknown
7. Why O Why
8. I snore, thou snorest, hishi snores
9. We snore, you snore, they snore
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julie, aberdeen

17th December 2011, 23:05
Just bringing this up to the top of the page
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sallyw

17th December 2011, 23:30
I have puzzled away and got precisely nowhere!
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sallyw

18th December 2011, 09:18
New day and still zilch!
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jws

18th December 2011, 12:36
1. Xanadu - river Alph?
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theambler

18th December 2011, 13:53
Hi Julie and Sally
Hi JWS Yes! Source of river=beginning.
Therefore A for first clue
Second clue--three part
Buzzer; Look ; Scottish river (Remember JUST
LETTERS!)
Good now for third clue - over to you--or anyone else.
Hope you are all having nice day - Brilliant sunshine here wall to wall
LOL THEA
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phillip

18th December 2011, 15:21
1. A
2. BCD
3. EFGHI
4. JKLMNOP
5. QRSTU
6. VWX
7. Y
8 & 9. Z (number unknown.
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phillip

18th December 2011, 15:23
OP could be 1st two letters of No5.
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jazzgirl

18th December 2011, 16:00
Phillip. You and your brilliant brain have now made it look so easy. I have turned it into a little Christmas tree for you x
You just have to light up the vowel candles I think ? (I'm not sure about the Z's)
Subject to improvement ! ;)

A
BCD
EFGHI
JKLMN
OPQRSTU
VWX
YOY
IZUZHZ
WZYZTZ

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jazzgirl

18th December 2011, 16:02
Oh dear, only half a tree. It was OK when I typed it, but not when it appeared.
I bet you can do it .
J
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